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Name
Miranda Richardson

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1958-03-03 (68 years old)

Place of Birth
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theatre. She made her film debut as Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to earn Academy Award nominations for her roles in Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A decorated performer, Richardson has received seven BAFTA Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage, and has earned seven Golden Globe Award nominations, with wins for Enchanted April (1992) and the television film Fatherland (1994). Her extensive career includes notable television work in series such as Blackadder, The Lost Prince, and Rubicon, as well as a prolific stage career that earned her an Olivier Award nomination for A Lie of the Mind (1987). In 1996, one critic notably hailed her as "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" following her performance in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2002 The Hours as Vanessa Bell
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Rita Skeeter
2006 Paris Je T'aime as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
1987 Empire of the Sun as Mrs. Victor
1999 Sleepy Hollow as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
1997 The Apostle as Toosie
2000 Get Carter as Gloria Carter
2007 Southland Tales as Nana Mae Frost
1992 Damage as Ingrid Fleming
2004 The Prince & Me as Queen Rosalind
2007 Fred Claus as Annette Claus
1996 The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
2000 The Miracle Maker as Mary Magdalene (voice)
1994 Fatherland as Charlie Maguire
1992 The Crying Game as Jude
2000 Chicken Run as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
1996 Kansas City as Carolyn Stilton
1999 Alice in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
2007 Puffball as Mabs Tucker
2001 Snow White as Elspeth
2009 Spinning Into Butter as Dean Catherine Kenney
2003 The Actors as Mrs. Magnani
1991 Enchanted April as Rose Arbuthnot
2002 Spider as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
2004 The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
1985 Dance with a Stranger as Ruth Ellis
2023 The Magician's Elephant as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
2009 Turtle: The Incredible Journey as Narrator (Voice)
2003 The Rage in Placid Lake as Sylvia Lake
2005 Wah-Wah as Lauren Compton
2007 Provoked as Veronica Scott
1999 The Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin
2010 Made in Dagenham as Barbara Castle
1999 The King and I as Anna Leonowens (voice)
1994 Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
2009 The Young Victoria as Duchess of Kent
1998 St. Ives as Susan Gilchrist
2022 The House as Aunt Clarice (voice)
2005 Gideon's Daughter as Stella
1988 Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2023 Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
1996 Saint-Ex as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
1997 The Designated Mourner as Judy
1989 Twisted Obsession as Marilyn
2015 Operation Orangutan as Narrator (voice)
1995 The Night and the Moment as Julie
1991 Old Times
2013 Belle as Lady Ashford
2015 Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey as Narrator (voice)
1990 The Bachelor as Friederike / Widow Sommer
1998 The Scold's Bridle as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
1987 After Pilkington as Penny Newhouse
2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
1999 Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as Miss Fowl
1990 Les Dogs as Bride's Mother
2015 Testament of Youth as Miss Lorimer
2013 Hidden Universe
1993 Demonella as Marie Antoinette
1993 Jealousy as Stella/Elsbeth
1993 Century as Clara
2014 Muppets Most Wanted as Berliner at Window
1986 Lost Property as Anne
1999 Blackadder: Back & Forth as Queenie
2014 The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm as Mrs Blitherington
1998 Ted & Ralph as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
2025 The Yellow Tie as Ioana Celibidache
1989 Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage as Early Bird
2005 Comic Aid
2003 Falling Angels as Mary Field
1987 Eat the Rich as DHSS Blonde
2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Eva Braun
2015 An Inspector Calls as Sybil Birling
1992 Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Sandra
1990 The Fool as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
1994 The Line, the Cross & the Curve as Mysterious Woman
2017 Churchill as Clementine Churchill
2017 Stronger as Patty Bauman
2017 iBoy as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
1988 The Master Builder as Hilde Wangel
1991 Redemption as Valerie Paris
2015 Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
2008 Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
1997 Swann as Sarah Maloney
1993 Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Miss Straugheim
1985 The Innocent as Mary Turner
1988 Mountain Language as Young Woman
1985 Underworld as Oriel
2013 Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Mrs. Victor
1988 Sweet as You Are as Julia Perry
2000 Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
2020 Rams as Kat
2001 Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
1987 The Death of the Heart as Daphne Heccomb
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Rita Skeeter
1991 Broken Skin
2008 Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
1989 Communicators From Hell
1986 The Demon Lover as Gina
2024 Like Tears in Rain as Self
Soon The Duchess and I
Soon The Queen of Fashion as Helen Delves Broughton
2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soon The Custom of the Country
Soon Dinner with Audrey as Ella Van Heemstra

1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
1993 Shooting Stars ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle ( 6 episodes )
1988 The Storyteller ( 1 episode ) as Witch
2003 The Lost Prince ( 2 episodes ) as Queen Mary
2006 Merlin's Apprentice ( 2 episodes ) as Lady of the Lake
1985 A Woman of Substance ( 3 episodes ) as Paula McGill Amory
2002 V Graham Norton ( 1 episode ) as Self
1997 A Dance to the Music of Time ( 4 episodes ) as Pamela Flitton
1983 Natural World ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2010 Rubicon ( 13 episodes ) as Katherine Rhumor
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2012 Parade's End ( 5 episodes ) as Mrs. Wannop
1998 Merlin ( 2 episodes ) as Lady of the Lake / Mab
2019 Good Omens ( 6 episodes ) as Shax
1990 Die Kinder ( 6 episodes ) as Sidonie Reiger
2015 And Then There Were None ( 3 episodes ) as Emily Brent
2012 Dead Boss ( 1 episode ) as Jo
1983 Blackadder ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Mary
1983 Blackadder ( 6 episodes ) as Queen Elizabeth I
2015 Casanova ( 1 episode ) as Marquise d'Urfé
2014 Mapp and Lucia ( 3 episodes ) as Elizabeth Mapp
1983 Blackadder ( 1 episode ) as Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
2018 Girlfriends ( 6 episodes ) as Sue
2019 Modern Love ( 1 episode ) as Jane
2012 World Without End ( 8 episodes ) as Mother Cecilia
2025 The Last Anniversary ( 6 episodes ) as Rose
2005 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill ( 52 episodes ) as Corky (British dub voice)
2019 Curfew ( 8 episodes ) as Lou
2021 Fate: The Winx Saga ( 5 episodes ) as Rosalind
1998 The Scold's Bridle ( 2 episodes ) as Dr Sarah Blakeney
2005 Final Chance to Save ( 1 episode ) as Herself
1991 Performance ( 1 episode ) as Anna
1982 The Comic Strip Presents... ( 1 episode ) as Bride's Mother
2019 Good Omens ( 5 episodes ) as Madame Tracy
2015 Danger Mouse ( 3 episodes ) as Queen of Weevils (voice)
1992 Absolutely Fabulous ( 1 episode ) as Bettina
2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Enid Blyton
1986 Unnatural Causes ( 1 episode ) as Anne Forrest
1986 ScreenPlay ( 1 episode ) as Valerie Paris
1983 Shades of Darkness ( 1 episode ) as Gina
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Julia Perry
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Clara
1983 The Hard Word ( 6 episodes ) as Polly Wood
1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
Soon The Portrait of a Lady ( 6 episodes ) as Mrs Lydia Touchett

Name
Miranda Richardson

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1958-03-03 (68 years old)

Place of Birth
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

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Name Miranda Richardson

Known For Acting

Birthday 1958-03-03 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Known For

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6.604

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6.934

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7.509

Name
Miranda Richardson

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1958-03-03 (68 years old)

Place of Birth
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK